Let me illustrate how these attitudes–indeed, how these blessings– that Jesus is telling us about build on each other. In the last devotional, we looked at verse 8: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” Remember that “Blessed are the pure in heart̶
Jesus proclaims in Matthew 5:8, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” The “pure in heart” do more than just the right things when it is convenient. Jesus is very clearly putting emphasis on the purity of our inner being. I saw this great definition of purity
Here is something we can all agree about: Tough times come into the lives of everyone. At some point, everyone walks through the valley of sorrows. Jesus makes it very clear that when difficult things come to all of us, and they will, He will sustain us so that we can enjoy life again. I have often
I am going to ask something that sometimes is rare in our culture (this applies to me also). We live is a hustle bustle, “let me scan the book for the bottom line”, “let me hear the highlights kind of world”, don’t we? This journey that we are on with Jesus in studying
When I was younger I used to eat like I had a hollow leg. If I would have died they would have put, “When do we eat?” on my tombstone! There are a lot of things that we hunger and thirst for….success, fame, popularity, possessions, power, and pleasure. It doesn’t end there do
Life is NOT about the QUANTITY of things we do, the “exploits” we have, and the pleasures we keep pursuing. It IS about the “QUALITY” of our daily walk in life and our daily walk with God. And this, I believe, is so much what the Beatitudes are all about. You’ll notice that